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November 26, 2008

Muslim Groups Divided on Holy Land Verdict

Reaction has been muted among American Muslim organizations to this week’s conviction of the leaders of the nonprofit Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development for money laundering, tax fraud, and supporting terrorism, according to The New York Times.

The federal case against the Dallas charity, which was found guilty of supporting the Middle Eastern terrorist group Hamas, had long been a source of dispute among other Muslim groups, say leaders of those organizations, with some seeing evidence of an anti-Muslim bias in the government’s case and others suspecting Holy Land of Hamas ties.

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